Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 29: Stormy

Things were finally heading in a bad direction.

Following Uesugi Sosetsu's judgment, the whole scene seemed to explode.

The crowd watching outside and reporters from several major newspapers were like sharks that had smelled blood, their faces flushed with excitement. The onlookers couldn't help but shout nonsensical slogans such as "free transportation" and "free trunk line", and pointed the finger of responsibility directly at JR East, the state-owned monopoly enterprise!
For a moment, the noise was so loud that it felt like a tidal wave, and even the police who were maintaining order in the front had to retreat.

There is big news!

Also excited were the reporters from several major news stories. They thought they came here today for a routine interview to capture hot topics, but they didn't expect that they would come here for a huge news right away?

"Shocking! JR East concealed the railway dismemberment incident. What is the truth?"

This is no longer just excitement. One can imagine how this news would detonate the entire Tokyo metropolitan area and even the entire nation if it were reported!
Reporters rushed forward, while the police and maintenance workers on the scene were in chaos.

"Uesugi-kun, is it too early to draw conclusions now? Maybe it's not a cover-up, but the workers' negligence, or it could be a body dumping?" Inspector Moritsugu was sweating profusely at this time. He quickly grabbed Uesugi Sosetsu and said, "You can't just talk about covering up the truth. Uesugi-kun, do you want to paralyze the whole of Tokyo?"

"Is it a cover-up or something else?" Uesugi Sosetsu said coldly, "If I'm not mistaken, Director Nan Meng, Inspector Mori, when the incident broke out, you had already conducted a full internal investigation. There was no news of any reports to the police, nor any internal reports, right? If that's the case, then what else could it be if it's not a cover-up?"

Uesugi Sosetsu's words were like a blade, cutting into the face of JR East's director Minami Takeshi again and again. The director, who was in his fifties, flushed red, and his eyes became as angry as a devil from hell as if they were on fire. He stared at Inspector Moritsugu fiercely, with a look that wished he could burn him to ashes!

But he was after all a man in his fifties, and he was still very shrewd and self-possessed. There were cameras and microphones all around him, and he didn't dare to lose his temper at all. So he said "wait a moment", and Director Nan Meng went into the workers' rest room next to him and immediately made a phone call.

"President, yes, yes...something went wrong. A forensic doctor has come here, and he's figured out the source of the body, but he said that someone in our subordinate department concealed the truth. Yes...I'll send someone to investigate immediately. As for the matter over there, I can only ask for your assistance...I understand." Director Nan Meng first called the president and representative director of JR East.

It's not that he didn't want to fire at Uesugi Sosetsu, but there were too many onlookers and reporters this time, and any rash action would risk bringing a serious stain to the company!

Secondly, what Uesugi Sosetsu said was well-founded, based on scientific reasoning, personal experience, and professional knowledge of forensic medicine. Considering Director Nan Meng's more than 50 years of life experience, what Uesugi Sosetsu said did not sound false.

After giving urgent instructions to the president and subordinate departments, Director Nan Meng immediately made a second call.

The newly appointed Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department, Eiji Watanabe.

This is a big deal. If things continue like this, Uesugi Sosetsu's shocking remarks will inevitably lead to direct intervention from the Metropolitan Police Department! This will be a worse development for JR East, and we must communicate it quickly.

The good news is, as mentioned earlier, the father of the newly appointed Superintendent General Watanabe Eiji, Kazuo Watanabe, was once the president of the National Railways, and the predecessor of JR East was the part of the National Railways that was split off after the war.

After a few minutes, someone called Inspector Moriji in. Director Nan Meng put the cell phone to Inspector Moriji's ear, indicating that he should answer the call!

Inspector Moriji was so angry about this that he dared not say anything. Just as he was suppressing his anger, he heard a majestic voice inside: "Hello, this is Watanabe Eiji..."

The expression on Inspector Moriji's face changed in a wonderful way, from repression to shock, from surprise to restraint, and then from silly smile to seriousness. After the whole expression changed, he bowed respectfully and said to the phone: "I understand! Thank you very much for asking the director to personally check it out!"

Seeing this attitude, Director Nan Meng finally had a smile on his face.

Little forensic doctor, I repeat what I said before. I got off the train and you left your post. You are not examining a corpse, but your future. I am the one who got into trouble and you are the one who was punished. The train stopped on the track and you stopped at your promotion. Thanks to you, the chief inspector of your police station has the opportunity to face the representative director of JR East, one of the world's top 500 companies. Today I will teach you a lesson in life!
After the exchange, Inspector Moritsugu and Director Minami Takeshi came out and said, "Mr. Uesugi, thank you very much. Your autopsy results are very brilliant. We all think you are right."

"Thank you for your assistance. We will take care of the rest. You can go back now." Inspector Moritsugu took a deep breath and for the first time looked at Ikeda Erena who was beside Uesugi Sosetsu. "Thank you for your hard work. Please take Uesugi back."

After saying that, the subordinate inspection minister produced the death certificate.

Uesugi Sosetsu's eyes changed. He knew that things would end here if he signed.

Shinagawa Station and JR East have apparently just reached a tacit understanding.

In full view of everyone, Uesugi Munesetsu took the appraisal report. He took a look at the format of the report to confirm it, then took a pen and wrote a death report on it. His beautiful samurai handwriting completely restored the entire process of his autopsy. As for the cause of death, Uesugi Munesetsu also uncertainly ticked the "uncertain cause of death" after suicide, homicide, or accidental death.

Uesugi Sosetsu wrote very slowly, and the people around him read it carefully, especially those from JR East and Shinagawa Police Station. They felt their hearts beat slower.

Only Ikeda Erina didn't quite understand what was going on.

Seeing Uesugi Muneyuki start signing, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

This kid is quite sensible.

Well, that's enough. The next step is to suppress the news... When Inspector Moriji saw that Uesugi Sosetsu had finished writing, he stretched out his hands to take it.

As expected, Uesugi Sosetsu, who had just finished writing the death certificate, clasped his hands together and tore the signed certificate into pieces!
"You must be joking!" The man spoke calmly, word by word, "Call someone, call the Metropolitan Police Department, to check! Check it out as I say!"

"Things can't end like this! I have evidence!" Uesugi Munesetsu's eyes were blazing, and his voice was like thunder: "I, Uesugi Munesetsu, will not fall for this! Notify the Metropolitan Police Department and JR East now, and go to the Mitani section of the main line where this train passes to check for luminol reaction! And investigate several homeless dens of former construction workers in the slums of Mitani! Go now!"

"check!!!"

Uesugi Sosetsu's roar dragged on for a long time, shocking even the onlookers outside to stop talking.

Shocked, humiliated, and offended, Inspector Moriji and Director Nan Meng's faces turned blue and red. Director Nan Meng gave them a look, and Inspector Moriji took the initiative to step forward and said, "Uesugi-kun, aren't you going too far?"

"You are just a forensic doctor we hired. You have no law enforcement power and no search power. You are not qualified to give us orders, and we don't need to pay attention to what you say." Inspector Moriji's face looked very ugly, especially in front of a large group of reporters nearby. He really couldn't hold it in any longer but had to hold it in.

He was a police captain in his forties, but he was actually scolded and ordered around by a forensic doctor in his twenties. For him, this was a burning shame. If there hadn't been reporters around, he would have exploded!
"You want to check? Very good, we can check!" On the other side, Director Nan Meng was more sober. He pushed through the crowd and said, "Uesugi-kun, we can check. All of our tens of thousands of employees in JR East can cooperate with you. You want to check the trains? Sure. You want to check the tracks? Sure. You said one of your subordinates concealed the information and you want us to verify it, that's fine too."

"But! Yes!" Director Nan Meng also shouted in a stern voice: "Searching requires evidence! If we don't find out, who will take the responsibility?"

"I'll take responsibility!" Uesugi Sosetsu raised his head. At a certain moment, the young man in his twenties was not at all inferior to the directors of Fortune 500 companies.

"You want to take the responsibility? You are not qualified!" Director Nan Meng shook his head: "Search requires evidence! You like to talk about evidence so much, where is the evidence?"

"The evidence is..." Uesugi Sosetsu pointed to the corpse next to him: "It's the corpse."

"The body was wearing clothes made of pure cotton fabric, which is typical. During the construction boom in the 1970s and 1980s, construction workers were given work clothes made of abrasion-resistant, washable and clear material." Uesugi Munen faced hundreds of people alone. "The body showed severe malnutrition and pitting edema. In addition, the nails and skin were dirty and worn. From this, we can judge that the deceased was a poor person." "Based on the fact that there were no missing persons reports or family reports, the deceased's disappearance has never caused any waves. At the same time, based on the characteristics of his work clothes, he is most likely a former construction worker. Director Minami Takeshi, this train passes through Mitani, a famous slum in Tokyo. If I remember correctly, there should be several homeless groups of former construction workers living in cardboard shacks and under bridges near the station, right?"

"So, we just need to send people to those hideouts to check if anyone is missing, and then investigate the surrounding tracks with Mitani's nearby station as the center, and we'll be able to find the location of the incident." Uesugi Munen said firmly, "As for why no one reported it, it's very likely that the nearby stationmaster and workers knew this guy and knew that he was just a homeless person who no one would care about! So they colluded with the conductor to conceal the incident!"

"Now, I've finished talking, go check it out, check it out right now!!!"

The whole place was as silent as a void. After Uesugi Sosetsu finished his words, no one spoke for three full minutes.

From a 60-centimeter body with only the right leg and part of the torso, the location of the crime, the time of the crime, the circumstances of the crime, the identity of the deceased, the cause of death, and whether someone has concealed the truth can be directly inferred through a superficial autopsy alone.

Are you serious?

Uesugi Sosetsu's words confused everyone.

Inspector Moritsugu's face turned pale, his mouth twitched for a long time, and he didn't know what to say. In his heart, he admired and was annoyed with Uesugi Sosetsu. He liked his excellent judgment and professionalism, but was annoyed by his stubbornness.

JR East's Director Minami Takeshi's expression kept changing. He looked at Uesugi Muneyuki deeply, and said with both admiration and annoyance, "If we want to conduct a serious inspection, we must stop the operation of that section, which will affect the travel of tens of thousands of people. If we want to conduct a serious investigation, it may affect the work of hundreds of people. Uesugi-kun, have you really thought it through? We can only stop the operation for one day at most. If we can't find anything, what are you going to do?"

"I will lose my job, I will be blacklisted by your company, I may even go to court, and I may even become a laughing stock in Tokyo the next day." Uesugi Munesetsu said indifferently: "But I am a forensic doctor."

"All I want is for things to be made clear!"

"Now, go check it out! I'll wait here. I'll leave when the results come out." Uesugi Sosetsu clapped his hands and said quietly: "I'm not going anywhere. I'll stay here and wait for your results."

"Okay, very good." Director Nan Meng thought for a moment and decided to call the president again.

check!
The entire JR East will join forces with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Transportation Department to take action!
After the call was made, an entire huge bureaucracy and corporate structure began to move. The Metropolitan Police Department was the first to react, and the Special Mobile Unit of the Traffic Police Department was dispatched. Dozens of police cars and motorcycles were mobilized. On the JR East side, an entire section of the railway was temporarily closed, and thousands of people were mobilized to begin an investigation along the Mitani Line.

Amid the storm, Uesugi Sosetsu sat quietly in the main repair shop in Shinagawa District, waiting for the results of the investigation with Director Minami Takeshi and Inspector Moriji.

Before he knew it, two detectives were standing behind him, ready to hold him down at any time, and the auto mechanics surrounded him quietly.

Uesugi Sosetsu ignored the surrounding arrangements. He just sat on an ordinary plastic bench and even apologized to Ikeda Erena next to him: "I'm sorry to bother you. Please sit down."

"…………" Ikeda Erena is still a little dizzy. The tall beauty watched the sudden change in Uesugi Sosetsu's attitude. Her mind hasn't come to its senses yet. First of all, she didn't understand why Uesugi Sosetsu suddenly got angry when the autopsy could be concluded with just signing and sealing. Then, she didn't understand why Uesugi Sosetsu's subsequent judgment could directly restore the whole case.

She just felt that Mr. Uesugi was really strong.

She just felt that the police station and JR East were really disgusting.

But none of this seemed to matter anymore. Ikeda Erena adjusted her dress, put together her long legs in flesh-colored stockings, put on her pointed high heels, pointed her toes forward, and sat down next to Uesugi Sosetsu with determination and stubbornness.

We are accomplices.

He is on my side, so I must stand on his side at this time.

I believe in him!

"I'll wait for you." Erina said to Uesugi Sosetsu.

Uesugi Sosetsu showed a strange smile and did not say anything. Opposite him, Director Minami Meng and Inspector Moriji also sat down and stared at each other.

A few people sat like this. The July sun was scorching hot, and the repair shop was as quiet as water. During the waiting time, the only sound was the sound of the repairman debugging the machinery next to them.

Dingka, dongqiang~
The sun continued to rise in the morning, and the air conditioner in the room was running at full capacity. The air was almost stagnant, and the thick and unresolvable pressure weighed on everyone's heart.

Everyone stared at Uesugi Sosetsu.

Professional? Arrogant? Stubborn? Sense of justice? Genius or... madman?
They will have an answer soon.

"I'm hungry, Inspector Moritsugu, can I order some pork chop rice?" When the midday sun reached the zenith of the sky, Uesugi Sosetsu suddenly said, "Is this considered a business trip? Inspector Tanaka always provides meals there!"

"Ah? Uh, okay..." Inspector Moriji was frightened by Uesugi Sosetsu. Hearing this request, he closed his eyes in anger.

Yes, pork chop rice, little brat, it’s time for you to eat pork chop rice.

"Let me call." When Inspector Moriji was about to ask his subordinates to go to some nearby fast food restaurant to buy two pork chop rice, his cell phone rang.

It's the Metropolitan Police Department calling!
"Found it! Inspector Moriji! The Forensic Department found luminol reaction on a section of track near Mitani Station!"

"What?!" Inspector Moriji was still in shock when Director Nan Meng's cell phone rang.

"Director Nan Meng, the stationmaster in Sangu couldn't help but plead guilty. He admitted to concealing the truth! The deceased was named Daigo Matsubara, a former construction worker, a homeless person and an illegal resident! The stationmaster and several employees knew him!"

"Really? Can you confirm it?" Director Nan Meng widened his eyes.

After receiving another affirmative answer, the director and the police chief both put down their phones.

Not bad at all.

Are today’s new forensic pathologists all monsters?
　The signing and sealing is not an exaggeration. In fact, Japan only abolished the ancient personal seal system two years ago. Before that, many cabinet documents still had the personal seals of ministers and prime ministers.

　　There will be another update tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)